If you’re not listening to the hit podcast Serial, chances are you know someone who is and won’t shut up about it. If you’re a friend of mine, I’m probably the fanatic in your life who monologues about what exactly happened in Woodlawn, Maryland — the sleepy suburb of Baltimore…
Settle in for a long winter’s nap at A Civil War Christmas at Theatre Three. It’s a mournful 150-minute drama with music, all public domain stuff (“Silent Night,” “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” and even “The Yellow Rose of Texas”). Author Paula Vogel won a Pulitzer Prize for How…
BY INKOO KANGHospitals are depressing. Until recently, medical shows glossed over this basic fact of life by focusing on the most glamorous clique within them: doctors. For the past two decades, the upwardly mobile audience identification integral to most TV shows taught us to look away from the bedpans and…
The biggest laugh I heard from the audience at my screening of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies came from seven words in the end credits: “Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.” Just picture that tweedy Oxford philologist nodding in pleased approval at this adaptation of his…
One of my favorite holiday traditions as a young child was our annual reading of the classic holiday tale The Polar Express. Now thanks to Robert Zemeckis’ love of special effects and budgets that could make a third world dictator jealous, we no longer have to rely on our imaginations…
If you’re not listening to the hit podcast Serial, chances are you know someone who is and won’t shut up about it. If you’re a friend of mine, I’m probably the fanatic in your life who monologues about what exactly happened in Woodlawn, Maryland — the sleepy suburb of Baltimore…
‘Tis the season when the pundits come out of the woodwork to proclaim that Christmas is dead, killed off by a bunch of non-believers who have co-opted all the good sales and cookies for their secular holiday celebrations. We hear of a post-Christmas society, where even Santa is a sinner…
Even if you don’t really give a damn about the holiday season, you can still celebrate Festivus. Even better, you can celebrate Festivus with an evening of burlesque. Presented by Viva Dallas Burlesque, Festivus Follies promises an evening of great burlesque from some of the country’s best dancers, including Minneapolis’…
The guy that wrote that “Tap Your Troubles Away” song was on to something. Despite the racket that it conjures up, it’s the very definition of “joyful noise”—a spirited rat-a-tat that elicits a smile with every shuffle-step. And it’s worth noting that the art form behind the cheerful hoofing has…
Denton’s holiday festival is beloved by its residents, and for good reason. The annual Holiday Lighting event is practically a one-stop-shop for every holiday experience you could want. Santa will be on hand to take pictures with kids and immature adults, along with horse-drawn carriage rides around the town square,…
In the dark underbelly of the North Pole lives a legion of elves deeply, deeply dissatisfied with their lot in life. They’ve let themselves go — bulbous bellies poke out from under their elf apparel, unseemly hair pokes out from their trademark ears and their complexions have undertones of “don’t…
You’ve seen those Christmas trees on advertisements, on Pinterest and maybe on the Facebook page of that friend you have who fancies herself an interior designer: monochromatic, modern and cool. The tinsel is symmetric; the lights, perfectly twinkling. There are no crappy salt dough ornaments contributed by 3-year-olds. No Borg…
Hundreds of drunk Santas roaming Dallas sounds like the beginning of a scary Christmas movie. Unless of course you’re in on the drinking, too. Starting at 4 p.m. Saturday at Mockingbird Station, you can meet with other people who want to drink away the holidays for a Santa Rampage. This…
As a child nothing was more exciting on Thanksgiving morning than to rush to the television and watch the floats and balloons march through the streets of New York City. Plus, who didn’t love the Broadway dance breaks? My mom would make hot chocolate and breakfast, and I’d rummage through…
Klyde Warren Park, that lovely little downtown green space lights up this weekend in Christmas colors. The highly photographable tree will be lit by Santa himself at the culmination of the daytime, family evet, Celebrate the Holidays at Klyde Warren Park. Snap a shot with Mr. Claus, feed a live…
If you think art gallery exhibitions are snooty affairs, challenge your preconceptions this weekend. The Stewpot Art Program presents its annual exhibition, Food for the Soul, which features the work of homeless Dallas artists. In its opening reception from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, you can see the work and visit with…
It isn’t Christmas without good tunes, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is one of the best places to hear your favorite holiday songs. At this performance, you’ll hear all of your favorites performed by the Symphony’s talented musicians, alongside with songs from beloved holiday movies. A troupe of dancers joins…
December means Nutcrackers galore. Under the artistic direction of Judy and Brent Klopfenstein, Dallas Ballet Company has invited special guest artists April Daly and Miguel Blanco of the Joffrey Ballet to Dallas for their presentation of The Nutcracker. DBC has been training young dancers since 1987, original under the name…
A study from the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research classified cheerleading as the most dangerous sport for athletes. It claimed that forcing humans to defy the laws of gravity and physics caused injuries more serious than those sustained by football players. So where did roller derby fall into…
Performances about performance art? Meta. This iteration of Audacity Solo Salon features Kris Noteboom, Adam A. Anderson and Brad McEntire, who will all perform sections of pieces they are working on about academia and performance art. More info at margojonestheatre.com. Mon., Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., 2014…
The rambunctious young actors return to Wild Detectives with their iambic pentameter-spitting, high-energy free wheeling Shakespeare in the Bar. This time around they’re churning out Love’s Labour’s Lost – Shakespeare’s comedy about three young men who give up women for three years and then find themselves enamored with the Princess…
If you’ve never seen the monstrous Lay Family Concert Organ, you’re missing out. This week only, the Meyerson Symphony Center will fill with the sounds of holiday favorites played by the brass and percussion sections, featuring the organ herself. Hear the majesty of the instrument in the city’s most stunning…
